Zoe Farnsworth

Zoe Farnsworth is a Brooklyn-raised, Jewish, trans, multi-disciplinary dance maker and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. Their roots are in dance improvisation, post-modern dance, contemporary dance, and release technique. They are dabbling in different dances of the African diaspora.

Zoe explores the boundaries of dance inside and outside the studio, currently revolving around the question, “what does it mean to practice compostable dance?” They explore themes of ecology, environment, identity, mythology, humor and social justice. Their current process is a dance/theater mixture that seeks to evoke sensorial, body-centered experiences. Their most recent work was performed as a part of Cannonball at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, titled “The Meaning of Where I’m From”, a piece about their relationship to their Bubby, Judaism and transness. They performed with Movement of the People Dance Company in “What’s Left of Spring”, Fall 2022 at Wesleyan University. Zoe has studied with Joya Powell, Susan Lourie, Katja Kolcio, and Hari Krishnan. They have interned with Forklift Danceworks and Netta Yerushalmy through the Dance Link Fellowship at Wesleyan University. They have performed with Hilary Easton at Dancspace in 2014.